Stanilov / Sykora Confronting Suburbanization

Urban Decentralization in Postsocialist Central and Eastern Europe
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-29588-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 360 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Studies in Urban and Social Change

This fascinating book explains the processes of suburbanizationin the context of post-socialist societies transitioning from onesystem of socio-spatial order to another. Case studies of sevenCentral and Eastern Europe city regions illuminate growth patternsand key conditions for the emergence of sprawl.
* Breaks new ground, offering a systematic approach to theanalysis of the global phenomenon of suburbanization in apost-socialist context
* Tracks the boom of the post-socialist suburbs in seven CEEcapital city regions - Budapest, Ljubljana, Moscow, Prague,Sofia, Tallinn, and Warsaw
* Situates the experience of the CEE countries in the broadercontext of global urban change
* Case studies examine the phenomenon of suburbanization alongfour main vectors of analysis related to development patterns,driving forces, consequences and impacts, and management ofsuburbanization
* Highlights the critical importance of public policies andplanning on the spread of suburbanization

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stanilov, Kiril

Sykora, Ludek

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors vii
List of Illustrations x
Glossary xvi
Series Editors' Preface xx
Preface xxi
1 The Challenge of Postsocialist Suburbanization 1
Ludìk Sykora and Kiril Stanilov
2 Urban Sprawl on the Danube: The Impacts of Suburbanization in Budapest 33
Zoltán Kovács and Iván Tosics
3 Confronting Suburbanization in Ljubljana: From "Urbanization of the Countryside" to Urban Sprawl 65
Natasa Pichler-Milanoviæ
4 Suburbanization of Moscow's Urban Region 97
Isolde Brade, Alla Makhrova, and Tatyana Nefedova
5 Prague: Urban Growth and Regional Sprawl 133
Ludìk Sykora and Ondre^ j Mulíce^ k
6 Sprawling Sofia: Postsocialist Suburban Growth in the Bulgarian Capital 163
Kiril Stanilov and Sonia Hirt
7 Suburbanization in the Tallinn Metropolitan Area 192
Kadri Leetmaa, Anneli Kährik, Mari Nuga, and Tiit Tammaru
8 Lessons from Warsaw: The Lack of Coordinated Planning and Its Impacts on Urban Sprawl 225
Andrzej Lisowski, Dorota Mantey, and Waldemar Wilk
9 Postsocialist Suburbanization Patterns and Dynamics: A Comparative Perspective 256
Kiril Stanilov and Ludìk Sykora
10 Managing Suburbanization in Postsocialist Europe 296
Kiril Stanilov and Ludìk Sykora
Index 321

Über Autor(innen)

Kiril Stanilov is a Senior Research Associate at theMartin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies, University ofCambridge. His research interests are centred on explorations ofcontemporary patterns of urban growth and change, and the roleplayed by public policies in shaping urban form transformations.His book publications include Twenty Years of Transition(2009), The Post-Socialist City (2007), and SuburbanForm (2003).
Ludek Sykora is a Professor in the Facultyof Science, Charles University in Prague. His research is focusedon conceptualization and empirical studies of urban transformationsin post-communist cities. He is the joint author of RegionalPolicy and Planning in Europe (with Paul Balchin and GregoryBull, 1999) and author of a number of journal articles and bookchapters dealing with urban change in Central and East Europeancities.